Admin phantom Posted June 27, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 “I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward.” He’d be the first to admit that it’s not always been plain sailing this term, but Daniel Bentley is confidence personified. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is very much the ethos of the former Southend United stopper. In a revealing interview with BEES matchday programme, Dan discusses the dressing room dynamic, working with Iñaki Caña Pavón and overcoming adversity. Thanks for talking to us, Dan. Saturday’s victory over Blackburn Rovers extended the current unbeaten run to nine matches. Do you feel the team is firing on all cylinders now? We’re getting towards our best. We had a long, hard look at ourselves after a period where we didn’t do ourselves any justice – we had to look each other in the eyes and get back to basics. We’ve got an honest group of players who will work hard and fight for each other. We’ve worked our backsides off on the training ground to put right the things that were going wrong. We’re getting better and better and it’s vitally important that our progression continues - we can’t allow complacency to set in. Who were the vocal characters in the dressing room during a challenging start to Thomas Frank’s tenure? We’ve got such a young group so our leaders are not as old as they would be in other dressing rooms. I’m very vocal, Romaine [Sawyers] as the captain is vocal, Henrik [Dalsgaard] is vocal, Josh McEachran is vocal and Luke Daniels can be vocal, too. One of that group tends to be the first to talk if things aren’t going right. I don’t think we’ve got anyone who would cheat themselves or the rest of the boys. You have to be willing to take criticism on board and put your hands up when you’ve made a mistake. The beginning of the current unbeaten run coincided with Thomas switching to a 3-4-3 formation. What have you made of the change in system and how has it impacted you? We’ve been solid, first and foremost – there’s a real solidarity in the way that we defend. Out of possession we can switch to a five at the back, which gives us increased numbers in our own third. From an attacking point of view the system allows our two wing-backs to get forward and support the midfielders and Neal [Maupay] up top. We still play a very similar way [to the previous system], but we’ve had to adapt at times when teams want to press the life out of us. The Head Coach has been very vocal in encouraging us to up our game and find the spaces when teams try to press us high up the pitch. We’ve had to go longer and slightly earlier at times, but we’ve still got the core principle of wanting to keep the ball and play attractive football. We want to be brave without being reckless. Is the change in system a sign of Thomas putting his own mark on things? Without that poor run, I doubt Thomas would have changed the system – you tend not to fix what isn’t broken. The decision for him to change the shape was brave because it was untried and untested, but it’s testament to him for sticking with it and to the players for taking to it and allowing it to work. You can talk about shape, systems and the way that we play, but the main shift for me has been in our mentality – that’s one of the main things that Thomas and the coaches have focused on at Jersey Road. We were a bit too nice out of possession – we were naïve off the ball – and that’s certainly something that’s been put right. We’ve given ourselves a good platform to build from. Kevin O’Connor joined the First Team staff in December. Was there a noticeable change in the dynamic following his appointment as Assistant Coach? We all know what Kev is about: he played more than 500 games as a professional and he’s a cult hero at Brentford Football Club. The group responded really well to his appointment; he held a great deal of respect as the B Team Head Coach and he’s fully deserving of this role. He’s a very young coach but knows Brentford and the English game inside out. Thomas and Brian [Reimer] are both from Denmark and have had different upbringings in terms of their style of play and coaching methods. As a trio they complement each other very well – they all bring something slightly different to the table in the same way that Dean [Smith], Rich [O’Kelly] and Thomas did. You receive slightly different messages from each coach, but it works because they’re all pulling in the same direction. Kev is quite laid back, however you know that there’s a standard with him and if you drop below it he’ll be having words. Brian is very strict, very demanding and very intense. Thomas has always been very demanding and energetic in training. If someone isn’t pulling their weight, that will be recognised and rectified straight away. Talk us through an average training session at Jersey Road… It’s extremely intense – on days when it’s possible we’ve got lads coming off the training ground knackered. We focus more on individuals and units rather than group sessions. We work on shape and on defending as a team – it’s not just up to the centre-halves and the goalkeeper to keep the ball out of the net, it’s a collective responsibility. We defend as a unit and we attack as a unit, from myself all the way up to Neal. We have a lot of attack versus defence sessions – it gets extremely competitive and that gets people in good habits in preparation for matchday. Iñaki Caña Pavón was named Brentford’s Goalkeeper Coach in the summer. How have you found working with him? Sessions with Iñaki are incredibly explosive – we work very, very hard. What he’s trying to achieve will not happen overnight, it takes time because I’m very much a goalkeeper of habits and there’s certain things I’ve done my whole career that have led me to the place I am now. Iñaki believes that if I develop and adjust those things then I can advance to a higher level. It’s important that I take what he’s saying on board. It’s a challenge because he’s taking me out of my comfort zone and pushing me every day, but it’s definitely beneficial. I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago – I’m in a better place and I’m a level ahead of where I was. I’m more positive when it comes to claiming crosses than I was last year, for example. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward. Chris Mepham joined Premier League side AFC Bournemouth last month. How did the group react to his departure? Meps came to me on multiple occasions for advice - I think he looked up to me in a way. Although the circumstances are different, I’ve experienced what it’s like to come through as a youngster [at Southend United] and switch clubs. He’s only played 30 or 40 Championship games – he’s still very inexperienced but learned so much in a short space of time. He went from the fringes to being thrown in at the deep end – it was sink or swim and he swam. That’s testament to him - his attitude is spot on. The entire dressing room is very proud of him, everyone’s happy that he’s been able to further his career but we’re disappointed because the training ground is not going to be as entertaining and we’ll miss his qualities on the pitch. We’ve lost a good player and a good lad. Meps is one of the nicest lads you’ll ever meet. He’s got absolutely zero common sense but it’s funny because he’s such a lovely lad. You can’t knock him for it because he’s so innocent. I’ve got the perfect story to sum up Chris Mepham. One morning I got to the training ground and Meps called me over to look at his car. “Oh, urm – I’ve got a dent,” he said. “I was listening to my beepers and when there was a continuous beep I forgot to stop.” There are some steps outside one of the offices at Jersey Road and he’d backed straight into them. It’s not the first time he’d backed into something and I’m sure it won’t be the last – typical, typical Meps. Reflecting on your own performances, you’ve told us in the past that you need “rhino skin” as a goalkeeper. How much of a test has this season been from a psychological point of view? Everyone has an opinion; I take negative comments like water off a duck’s back. If I listened to every negative comment or was hurt by abuse from opposing fans, then I wouldn’t be able to do what I do for a living. Regardless of whether my form is good, bad or indifferent, it’s important that I stick to the basics and work hard on the training ground – that’s a given. Every player goes through patches when things aren’t quite happening for them; you’ve got to work hard to come out the other side. How do you cope in the immediate aftermath of a mistake? Is it a struggle to prevent your work life from bleeding into your personal life? My missus would love to answer this question for me! The first word that springs to mind is grumpy – I can be very grumpy for a little while. One thing I’ve learned to do with experience is to let things go a bit, but I’m the first to analyse my performances. I’m very, very, very self-critical; even when I do things well I look at ways in which I could have done better. I’m my own harshest critic. I take football so seriously that I almost forget about my life away from the game – I’ve spoken to Thomas about that recently and he empathised. You get caught in a bubble in football; there’s always things to work on or three points to aim for. When the focus is always on the next game it’s easy to forget about what’s happening at home. If we lose on a Saturday and I make a mistake, I’m grumpy at home and my family suffer. You have to be able to distance yourself from what’s happening on the pitch because in the past my family have taken the brunt of my grumpiness. Yes it’s my career and yes it’s vitally important, but I’ve had to learn to switch off and deal with it again on Monday morning. I’ve learned over the past couple of years that when I’m at home I need to be a slightly different person – I’ve got to be able to enjoy time with family and friends. Life is too short and I want to make reference to Rob Rowan here – he was only three years older than me and his life was unfortunately taken. You have to enjoy life while you’re here. Mistakes happen – you have to get on with it. We’d like to take you back to October when you were on the bench for Birmingham City’s visit to Griffin Park and for the following week’s trip to Elland Road. What was going through your mind during that spell? For want of a better phrase, my only focus was to work my nuts off and get my shirt back. I don’t believe I have a divine right to the number one shirt - what’s important for me is that I earn it and I keep it. That shirt is yours until you stop earning it. That was the first occasion I’d been dropped during my professional career. It was difficult to process, but my core values meant that my immediate focus was to win the shirt back – I don’t like being on the bench, not many footballers do. I knew I had to work hard on the things that lost me the shirt in the first place. I knew I couldn’t sulk – I had to be on it every day in training and support Luke [Daniels] while he was in the team. As a goalkeeper there’s going to be mistakes and there’s going to be bad times, but you’ve got to make sure you’re a better player and person because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 30 minutes ago, phantom said: “I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward.” He’d be the first to admit that it’s not always been plain sailing this term, but Daniel Bentley is confidence personified. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is very much the ethos of the former Southend United stopper. In a revealing interview with BEES matchday programme, Dan discusses the dressing room dynamic, working with Iñaki Caña Pavón and overcoming adversity. Thanks for talking to us, Dan. Saturday’s victory over Blackburn Rovers extended the current unbeaten run to nine matches. Do you feel the team is firing on all cylinders now? We’re getting towards our best. We had a long, hard look at ourselves after a period where we didn’t do ourselves any justice – we had to look each other in the eyes and get back to basics. We’ve got an honest group of players who will work hard and fight for each other. We’ve worked our backsides off on the training ground to put right the things that were going wrong. We’re getting better and better and it’s vitally important that our progression continues - we can’t allow complacency to set in. Who were the vocal characters in the dressing room during a challenging start to Thomas Frank’s tenure? We’ve got such a young group so our leaders are not as old as they would be in other dressing rooms. I’m very vocal, Romaine [Sawyers] as the captain is vocal, Henrik [Dalsgaard] is vocal, Josh McEachran is vocal and Luke Daniels can be vocal, too. One of that group tends to be the first to talk if things aren’t going right. I don’t think we’ve got anyone who would cheat themselves or the rest of the boys. You have to be willing to take criticism on board and put your hands up when you’ve made a mistake. The beginning of the current unbeaten run coincided with Thomas switching to a 3-4-3 formation. What have you made of the change in system and how has it impacted you? We’ve been solid, first and foremost – there’s a real solidarity in the way that we defend. Out of possession we can switch to a five at the back, which gives us increased numbers in our own third. From an attacking point of view the system allows our two wing-backs to get forward and support the midfielders and Neal [Maupay] up top. We still play a very similar way [to the previous system], but we’ve had to adapt at times when teams want to press the life out of us. The Head Coach has been very vocal in encouraging us to up our game and find the spaces when teams try to press us high up the pitch. We’ve had to go longer and slightly earlier at times, but we’ve still got the core principle of wanting to keep the ball and play attractive football. We want to be brave without being reckless. Is the change in system a sign of Thomas putting his own mark on things? Without that poor run, I doubt Thomas would have changed the system – you tend not to fix what isn’t broken. The decision for him to change the shape was brave because it was untried and untested, but it’s testament to him for sticking with it and to the players for taking to it and allowing it to work. You can talk about shape, systems and the way that we play, but the main shift for me has been in our mentality – that’s one of the main things that Thomas and the coaches have focused on at Jersey Road. We were a bit too nice out of possession – we were naïve off the ball – and that’s certainly something that’s been put right. We’ve given ourselves a good platform to build from. Kevin O’Connor joined the First Team staff in December. Was there a noticeable change in the dynamic following his appointment as Assistant Coach? We all know what Kev is about: he played more than 500 games as a professional and he’s a cult hero at Brentford Football Club. The group responded really well to his appointment; he held a great deal of respect as the B Team Head Coach and he’s fully deserving of this role. He’s a very young coach but knows Brentford and the English game inside out. Thomas and Brian [Reimer] are both from Denmark and have had different upbringings in terms of their style of play and coaching methods. As a trio they complement each other very well – they all bring something slightly different to the table in the same way that Dean [Smith], Rich [O’Kelly] and Thomas did. You receive slightly different messages from each coach, but it works because they’re all pulling in the same direction. Kev is quite laid back, however you know that there’s a standard with him and if you drop below it he’ll be having words. Brian is very strict, very demanding and very intense. Thomas has always been very demanding and energetic in training. If someone isn’t pulling their weight, that will be recognised and rectified straight away. Talk us through an average training session at Jersey Road… It’s extremely intense – on days when it’s possible we’ve got lads coming off the training ground knackered. We focus more on individuals and units rather than group sessions. We work on shape and on defending as a team – it’s not just up to the centre-halves and the goalkeeper to keep the ball out of the net, it’s a collective responsibility. We defend as a unit and we attack as a unit, from myself all the way up to Neal. We have a lot of attack versus defence sessions – it gets extremely competitive and that gets people in good habits in preparation for matchday. Iñaki Caña Pavón was named Brentford’s Goalkeeper Coach in the summer. How have you found working with him? Sessions with Iñaki are incredibly explosive – we work very, very hard. What he’s trying to achieve will not happen overnight, it takes time because I’m very much a goalkeeper of habits and there’s certain things I’ve done my whole career that have led me to the place I am now. Iñaki believes that if I develop and adjust those things then I can advance to a higher level. It’s important that I take what he’s saying on board. It’s a challenge because he’s taking me out of my comfort zone and pushing me every day, but it’s definitely beneficial. I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago – I’m in a better place and I’m a level ahead of where I was. I’m more positive when it comes to claiming crosses than I was last year, for example. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward. Chris Mepham joined Premier League side AFC Bournemouth last month. How did the group react to his departure? Meps came to me on multiple occasions for advice - I think he looked up to me in a way. Although the circumstances are different, I’ve experienced what it’s like to come through as a youngster [at Southend United] and switch clubs. He’s only played 30 or 40 Championship games – he’s still very inexperienced but learned so much in a short space of time. He went from the fringes to being thrown in at the deep end – it was sink or swim and he swam. That’s testament to him - his attitude is spot on. The entire dressing room is very proud of him, everyone’s happy that he’s been able to further his career but we’re disappointed because the training ground is not going to be as entertaining and we’ll miss his qualities on the pitch. We’ve lost a good player and a good lad. Meps is one of the nicest lads you’ll ever meet. He’s got absolutely zero common sense but it’s funny because he’s such a lovely lad. You can’t knock him for it because he’s so innocent. I’ve got the perfect story to sum up Chris Mepham. One morning I got to the training ground and Meps called me over to look at his car. “Oh, urm – I’ve got a dent,” he said. “I was listening to my beepers and when there was a continuous beep I forgot to stop.” There are some steps outside one of the offices at Jersey Road and he’d backed straight into them. It’s not the first time he’d backed into something and I’m sure it won’t be the last – typical, typical Meps. Reflecting on your own performances, you’ve told us in the past that you need “rhino skin” as a goalkeeper. How much of a test has this season been from a psychological point of view? Everyone has an opinion; I take negative comments like water off a duck’s back. If I listened to every negative comment or was hurt by abuse from opposing fans, then I wouldn’t be able to do what I do for a living. Regardless of whether my form is good, bad or indifferent, it’s important that I stick to the basics and work hard on the training ground – that’s a given. Every player goes through patches when things aren’t quite happening for them; you’ve got to work hard to come out the other side. How do you cope in the immediate aftermath of a mistake? Is it a struggle to prevent your work life from bleeding into your personal life? My missus would love to answer this question for me! The first word that springs to mind is grumpy – I can be very grumpy for a little while. One thing I’ve learned to do with experience is to let things go a bit, but I’m the first to analyse my performances. I’m very, very, very self-critical; even when I do things well I look at ways in which I could have done better. I’m my own harshest critic. I take football so seriously that I almost forget about my life away from the game – I’ve spoken to Thomas about that recently and he empathised. You get caught in a bubble in football; there’s always things to work on or three points to aim for. When the focus is always on the next game it’s easy to forget about what’s happening at home. If we lose on a Saturday and I make a mistake, I’m grumpy at home and my family suffer. You have to be able to distance yourself from what’s happening on the pitch because in the past my family have taken the brunt of my grumpiness. Yes it’s my career and yes it’s vitally important, but I’ve had to learn to switch off and deal with it again on Monday morning. I’ve learned over the past couple of years that when I’m at home I need to be a slightly different person – I’ve got to be able to enjoy time with family and friends. Life is too short and I want to make reference to Rob Rowan here – he was only three years older than me and his life was unfortunately taken. You have to enjoy life while you’re here. Mistakes happen – you have to get on with it. We’d like to take you back to October when you were on the bench for Birmingham City’s visit to Griffin Park and for the following week’s trip to Elland Road. What was going through your mind during that spell? For want of a better phrase, my only focus was to work my nuts off and get my shirt back. I don’t believe I have a divine right to the number one shirt - what’s important for me is that I earn it and I keep it. That shirt is yours until you stop earning it. That was the first occasion I’d been dropped during my professional career. It was difficult to process, but my core values meant that my immediate focus was to win the shirt back – I don’t like being on the bench, not many footballers do. I knew I had to work hard on the things that lost me the shirt in the first place. I knew I couldn’t sulk – I had to be on it every day in training and support Luke [Daniels] while he was in the team. As a goalkeeper there’s going to be mistakes and there’s going to be bad times, but you’ve got to make sure you’re a better player and person because of it. I don’t believe I have a divine right to the number one shirt - what’s important for me is that I earn it . So nuts to you lot saying he’d only come here if guaranteed first team footy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, phantom said: “I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward.” He’d be the first to admit that it’s not always been plain sailing this term, but Daniel Bentley is confidence personified. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is very much the ethos of the former Southend United stopper. In a revealing interview with BEES matchday programme, Dan discusses the dressing room dynamic, working with Iñaki Caña Pavón and overcoming adversity. Thanks for talking to us, Dan. Saturday’s victory over Blackburn Rovers extended the current unbeaten run to nine matches. Do you feel the team is firing on all cylinders now? We’re getting towards our best. We had a long, hard look at ourselves after a period where we didn’t do ourselves any justice – we had to look each other in the eyes and get back to basics. We’ve got an honest group of players who will work hard and fight for each other. We’ve worked our backsides off on the training ground to put right the things that were going wrong. We’re getting better and better and it’s vitally important that our progression continues - we can’t allow complacency to set in. Who were the vocal characters in the dressing room during a challenging start to Thomas Frank’s tenure? We’ve got such a young group so our leaders are not as old as they would be in other dressing rooms. I’m very vocal, Romaine [Sawyers] as the captain is vocal, Henrik [Dalsgaard] is vocal, Josh McEachran is vocal and Luke Daniels can be vocal, too. One of that group tends to be the first to talk if things aren’t going right. I don’t think we’ve got anyone who would cheat themselves or the rest of the boys. You have to be willing to take criticism on board and put your hands up when you’ve made a mistake. The beginning of the current unbeaten run coincided with Thomas switching to a 3-4-3 formation. What have you made of the change in system and how has it impacted you? We’ve been solid, first and foremost – there’s a real solidarity in the way that we defend. Out of possession we can switch to a five at the back, which gives us increased numbers in our own third. From an attacking point of view the system allows our two wing-backs to get forward and support the midfielders and Neal [Maupay] up top. We still play a very similar way [to the previous system], but we’ve had to adapt at times when teams want to press the life out of us. The Head Coach has been very vocal in encouraging us to up our game and find the spaces when teams try to press us high up the pitch. We’ve had to go longer and slightly earlier at times, but we’ve still got the core principle of wanting to keep the ball and play attractive football. We want to be brave without being reckless. Is the change in system a sign of Thomas putting his own mark on things? Without that poor run, I doubt Thomas would have changed the system – you tend not to fix what isn’t broken. The decision for him to change the shape was brave because it was untried and untested, but it’s testament to him for sticking with it and to the players for taking to it and allowing it to work. You can talk about shape, systems and the way that we play, but the main shift for me has been in our mentality – that’s one of the main things that Thomas and the coaches have focused on at Jersey Road. We were a bit too nice out of possession – we were naïve off the ball – and that’s certainly something that’s been put right. We’ve given ourselves a good platform to build from. Kevin O’Connor joined the First Team staff in December. Was there a noticeable change in the dynamic following his appointment as Assistant Coach? We all know what Kev is about: he played more than 500 games as a professional and he’s a cult hero at Brentford Football Club. The group responded really well to his appointment; he held a great deal of respect as the B Team Head Coach and he’s fully deserving of this role. He’s a very young coach but knows Brentford and the English game inside out. Thomas and Brian [Reimer] are both from Denmark and have had different upbringings in terms of their style of play and coaching methods. As a trio they complement each other very well – they all bring something slightly different to the table in the same way that Dean [Smith], Rich [O’Kelly] and Thomas did. You receive slightly different messages from each coach, but it works because they’re all pulling in the same direction. Kev is quite laid back, however you know that there’s a standard with him and if you drop below it he’ll be having words. Brian is very strict, very demanding and very intense. Thomas has always been very demanding and energetic in training. If someone isn’t pulling their weight, that will be recognised and rectified straight away. Talk us through an average training session at Jersey Road… It’s extremely intense – on days when it’s possible we’ve got lads coming off the training ground knackered. We focus more on individuals and units rather than group sessions. We work on shape and on defending as a team – it’s not just up to the centre-halves and the goalkeeper to keep the ball out of the net, it’s a collective responsibility. We defend as a unit and we attack as a unit, from myself all the way up to Neal. We have a lot of attack versus defence sessions – it gets extremely competitive and that gets people in good habits in preparation for matchday. Iñaki Caña Pavón was named Brentford’s Goalkeeper Coach in the summer. How have you found working with him? Sessions with Iñaki are incredibly explosive – we work very, very hard. What he’s trying to achieve will not happen overnight, it takes time because I’m very much a goalkeeper of habits and there’s certain things I’ve done my whole career that have led me to the place I am now. Iñaki believes that if I develop and adjust those things then I can advance to a higher level. It’s important that I take what he’s saying on board. It’s a challenge because he’s taking me out of my comfort zone and pushing me every day, but it’s definitely beneficial. I’m a better goalkeeper than I was six months ago – I’m in a better place and I’m a level ahead of where I was. I’m more positive when it comes to claiming crosses than I was last year, for example. I’m not saying it’s been easy to get to that place, but sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward. Chris Mepham joined Premier League side AFC Bournemouth last month. How did the group react to his departure? Meps came to me on multiple occasions for advice - I think he looked up to me in a way. Although the circumstances are different, I’ve experienced what it’s like to come through as a youngster [at Southend United] and switch clubs. He’s only played 30 or 40 Championship games – he’s still very inexperienced but learned so much in a short space of time. He went from the fringes to being thrown in at the deep end – it was sink or swim and he swam. That’s testament to him - his attitude is spot on. The entire dressing room is very proud of him, everyone’s happy that he’s been able to further his career but we’re disappointed because the training ground is not going to be as entertaining and we’ll miss his qualities on the pitch. We’ve lost a good player and a good lad. Meps is one of the nicest lads you’ll ever meet. He’s got absolutely zero common sense but it’s funny because he’s such a lovely lad. You can’t knock him for it because he’s so innocent. I’ve got the perfect story to sum up Chris Mepham. One morning I got to the training ground and Meps called me over to look at his car. “Oh, urm – I’ve got a dent,” he said. “I was listening to my beepers and when there was a continuous beep I forgot to stop.” There are some steps outside one of the offices at Jersey Road and he’d backed straight into them. It’s not the first time he’d backed into something and I’m sure it won’t be the last – typical, typical Meps. Reflecting on your own performances, you’ve told us in the past that you need “rhino skin” as a goalkeeper. How much of a test has this season been from a psychological point of view? Everyone has an opinion; I take negative comments like water off a duck’s back. If I listened to every negative comment or was hurt by abuse from opposing fans, then I wouldn’t be able to do what I do for a living. Regardless of whether my form is good, bad or indifferent, it’s important that I stick to the basics and work hard on the training ground – that’s a given. Every player goes through patches when things aren’t quite happening for them; you’ve got to work hard to come out the other side. How do you cope in the immediate aftermath of a mistake? Is it a struggle to prevent your work life from bleeding into your personal life? My missus would love to answer this question for me! The first word that springs to mind is grumpy – I can be very grumpy for a little while. One thing I’ve learned to do with experience is to let things go a bit, but I’m the first to analyse my performances. I’m very, very, very self-critical; even when I do things well I look at ways in which I could have done better. I’m my own harshest critic. I take football so seriously that I almost forget about my life away from the game – I’ve spoken to Thomas about that recently and he empathised. You get caught in a bubble in football; there’s always things to work on or three points to aim for. When the focus is always on the next game it’s easy to forget about what’s happening at home. If we lose on a Saturday and I make a mistake, I’m grumpy at home and my family suffer. You have to be able to distance yourself from what’s happening on the pitch because in the past my family have taken the brunt of my grumpiness. Yes it’s my career and yes it’s vitally important, but I’ve had to learn to switch off and deal with it again on Monday morning. I’ve learned over the past couple of years that when I’m at home I need to be a slightly different person – I’ve got to be able to enjoy time with family and friends. Life is too short and I want to make reference to Rob Rowan here – he was only three years older than me and his life was unfortunately taken. You have to enjoy life while you’re here. Mistakes happen – you have to get on with it. We’d like to take you back to October when you were on the bench for Birmingham City’s visit to Griffin Park and for the following week’s trip to Elland Road. What was going through your mind during that spell? For want of a better phrase, my only focus was to work my nuts off and get my shirt back. I don’t believe I have a divine right to the number one shirt - what’s important for me is that I earn it and I keep it. That shirt is yours until you stop earning it. That was the first occasion I’d been dropped during my professional career. It was difficult to process, but my core values meant that my immediate focus was to win the shirt back – I don’t like being on the bench, not many footballers do. I knew I had to work hard on the things that lost me the shirt in the first place. I knew I couldn’t sulk – I had to be on it every day in training and support Luke [Daniels] while he was in the team. As a goalkeeper there’s going to be mistakes and there’s going to be bad times, but you’ve got to make sure you’re a better player and person because of it. I recon you must work in the public sector Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Based on this DB sounds likely to be joining https://www.footballinsider247.com/revealed-bristol-city-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-25-year-old/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 It would be nice if, when we sign him, this thread had his correct name in the title, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Brentford still operate on a moneyball policy? DB cost £0 and they'll sell to us for millions, fits their philosophy perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, Leveller said: It would be nice if, when we sign him, this thread had his correct name in the title, eh? Ok Trigg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Ok Trigg! How you doing Dave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Leveller said: How you doing Dave? No it’s Dan, mate. Dan Bentley, not Dave. You're making the same mistake as the OP. Cushty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 32 minutes ago, Rocky said: Brentford still operate on a moneyball policy? DB cost £0 and they'll sell to us for millions, fits their philosophy perfectly. Erm.. On 1 July 2016, Bentley signed for Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract with a compensation fee of £1.1 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Not quite as sure as Kalas but I believe this is also done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Island Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Ska Junkie said: I would be delighted to be proven wrong James, absolutely delighted. I can't imagine how painful that would be. Nothing can be worse, only different. I hope everything goes well for him regardless of whether he joins us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stortz Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 18 minutes ago, Cider red said: Source? @Kid in the Riot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Would be another quality signing if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 19 minutes ago, Cider red said: Source? KITR has a track record and therefore credibility. He wouldn't have either if he named sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSection Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Bentley has the potential to be outstanding, this; if true, would be a superb signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 42 minutes ago, chinapig said: KITR has a track record and therefore credibility. He wouldn't have either if he named sources. True that, by source I meant if it was on Twitter or something, didn't realise kitr was a Source! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Done deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 18 hours ago, Kingswoodactor said: Agree, so there is no point in going for Bentley then. If Nikki is the No 1 for next season (which I'm happy with) it would make sense to bring in another 30s something keeper as back up on a one year deal and to let Max go out on loan in League 1. Then next Summer actually go and sign someone in their mid to late 20s who can be our No 1 for the foreseeable! I don't see why we can't get Bentley and play whoever is performing best. Bentley young and far from his prime. O'Leary comes back next season and has to be better than Maenpaa or Bentley to be good enough to make our squad. If he isn't then he won't be good enough for us and maybe would need another loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 10 hours ago, YorkshireSection said: Bentley has the potential to be outstanding, this; if true, would be a superb signing. If we do get Bentley, we will have timed it well. He won’t be top value at this point after a dip in form. Niki #1, Bentley really pushing him. Max on loan, Gilmartin as 3rd choice (whilst developing his coaching under Pat Mountain) just in case. JoJo maybe a non-league Loan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpexile Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 22 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: If a change of scene would help him find his form then he’d be a good addition. He’d need to play well in a few pre-season games to calm my nerves about him though. In the last few seasons he’s dropped more balls than a blind juggler. Like it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Said Bentley not very good and this person shows why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 12 minutes ago, RedDave said: Said Bentley not very good and this person shows why. I assume De Gea is also not very good and you wouldn’t take him? He’s also made plenty of errors this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, RedDave said: Said Bentley not very good and this person shows why. He (and his wife/girlfriend) lost a baby, so head probably wasn't in it. Now expecting again. Previous signs were good, he was a promising keeper that we were supposedly looking at, if it's a cheap deal, it's something I wouldnt be against. Also @TammyAB has said, De Gea had a numerous bad games at the end of last season. You wouldn't say no to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Taz said: He (and his wife/girlfriend) lost a baby, so head probably wasn't in it. Now expecting again. Previous signs were good, he was a promising keeper that we were supposedly looking at, if it's a cheap deal, it's something I wouldnt be against. Also @TammyAB has said, De Gea had a numerous bad games at the end of last season. You wouldn't say no to him! I really don’t think he did lose a baby, there’s nothing on google to suggest so. His Brentford teammate at the time, Ryan Woods, did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 28, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, James54De said: I really don’t think he did lose a baby, there’s nothing on google to suggest so. His Brentford teammate at the time, Ryan Woods, did. Agree that the news stories pointed to Ryan Woods 23 hours ago, Taz said: But. . . https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/rainbow-baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, Taz said: He (and his wife/girlfriend) lost a baby, so head probably wasn't in it. Now expecting again. Previous signs were good, he was a promising keeper that we were supposedly looking at, if it's a cheap deal, it's something I wouldnt be against. Also @TammyAB has said, De Gea had a numerous bad games at the end of last season. You wouldn't say no to him! 20 minutes ago, TammyAB said: I assume De Gea is also not very good and you wouldn’t take him? He’s also made plenty of errors this season. So you are both happy with us signing any keeper at all because De Gea makes mistakes. Blimey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 30 minutes ago, RedDave said: Said Bentley not very good and this person shows why. Some proper howlers in there, but a number of the goals he's being blamed for were a result of him being pretty brutally exposed by his defence. The Kodjia goal especially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRA Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 39 minutes ago, RedDave said: Said Bentley not very good and this person shows why. Some bizarre errors in there, all in one season as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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